Los Angeles

Significat

1. A city and port, the county seat of Los Angeles County, the largest city in California, and the 2nd largest in the United States, famed for being the center of the American film industry.
2. Ellipsis of Los Angeles County.: A county of California, United States. County seat: Los Angeles
3. Ellipsis of Los Angeles River.: A river in Los Angeles, California, United States
4. A census-designated place in Willacy County, Texas, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in La Salle County, Texas, United States.

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/lɔs ˈændʒələs/

Etimologia

An anglicized form of Spanish Pueblo de los Ángeles (City of the Angels), a clipping of Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (“Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola”), taken from the Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí's name for the nearby Los Angeles River, first sighted by the Portolá expedition on August 2, the feast day of the dedication of the chapel of Porziuncola (from Latin portiuncula, “little portion”) in Santa Maria degli Angeli (Italian for “Saint Mary of the Angels”) near Assisi, Italy, where St Francis began his order.

Sents

Henton currently resides in Los Angeles .